Nitro Revival 2024- Irwindale Dragstrip

[Sharp Shooter]

What a great event! There's a rumor floating about the track being saved, but I'll believe it when I see it. Super fun deal!

 

[Boat Potato]

It was a great turn out. Hopefully the rumor is true!

 

[coolchange]

Wow and shit!! Should’ve gone to that.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Left to right NHRA Pres. Glen Cromwell, Irwindale Speedway Pres. Tim Huddleston and Cal Rods big shot Gary Driscoll.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Random clicks from the signing table and bottom Gary Driscoll with Ms. Hurst Linda Vaughn.

 

[Gramps]

one of the things I miss about moving from California..............the smell of nitro and and standing next to a top fuel car at the starting line

 

[rrrr]

Random clicks from the signing table and bottom Gary Driscoll with Ms. Hurst Linda Vaughn. View attachment 1449247

Nice seeing Tommy. He's one of the all time greats.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

 

[ltbaney1]

great shots, thank you for stopping by. it's always nice to put a face with screen name. i hope the rumor is true about the track staying. no one is real excited about the options for places that could handle this event next year.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

great shots, thank you for stopping by. it's always nice to put a face with screen name. i hope the rumor is true about the track staying. no one is real excited about the options for places that could handle this event next year.

Yeah, it was good to meet you Tyler! I'm sure the event will live on, but I really hope they can pull off Pomona if we do lose Irwindale.

 

[ltbaney1]

Yeah, it was good to meet you Tyler! I'm sure the event will live on, but I really hope they can pull off Pomona if we do lose Irwindale.

from what i hear Pomona is a no go. permit fees are crazy. and then you have a issue i did not know about that Steve told me about pomona. the tower is in La Verne, the track at some point crosses into Pomona. while it may not seem like a big deal, according to Steve its a huge issue. you need permits from both cities, and then both PD's and FD's want their cut. making it finacially a nightmare.

Nitro revival has out grown Barona, and fomosa wants to run it at the same time as the march meet or hot rod reunion. both of those options present their own issue. if the nitro revival takes place at a race, we become the side show, our schedule goes out the window at the first oil down or crash, that was a big reason Nitro revival was started after a few fiascos at hot rod reunion. the other issue is ticketing, irwindale was packed on saturday, how do you seperate who wants to see the race but doesnt care about the old stuff and vise versa.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

from what i hear Pomona is a no go. permit fees are crazy. and then you have a issue i did not know about that Steve told me about pomona. the tower is in La Verne, the track at some point crosses into Pomona. while it may not seem like a big deal, according to Steve its a huge issue. you need permits from both cities, and then both PD's and FD's want their cut. making it finacially a nightmare.

Nitro revival has out grown Barona, and fomosa wants to run it at the same time as the march meet or hot rod reunion. both of those options present their own issue. if the nitro revival takes place at a race, we become the side show, our schedule goes out the window at the first oil down or crash, that was a big reason Nitro revival was started after a few fiascos at hot rod reunion. the other issue is ticketing, irwindale was packed on saturday, how do you seperate who wants to see the race but doesnt care about the old stuff and vise versa.

If they didn’t have power tour at Pomona the last 2 years I would’ve wrote it off. Both events were fairly small too.

 

[Bigbore500r]

What a great event! There's a rumor floating about the track being saved, but I'll believe it when I see it. Super fun deal!

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Awesome pics!

I wanted to go but we ended up running my buddies car at Famoso Saturday instead. Will be there for sure though for the Mooneyes event in December.

I hope they can save the track, but not gonna get my hopes up

 

[Bigbore500r]

from what i hear Pomona is a no go. permit fees are crazy. and then you have a issue i did not know about that Steve told me about pomona. the tower is in La Verne, the track at some point crosses into Pomona. while it may not seem like a big deal, according to Steve its a huge issue. you need permits from both cities, and then both PD's and FD's want their cut. making it finacially a nightmare.

Nitro revival has out grown Barona, and fomosa wants to run it at the same time as the march meet or hot rod reunion. both of those options present their own issue. if the nitro revival takes place at a race, we become the side show, our schedule goes out the window at the first oil down or crash, that was a big reason Nitro revival was started after a few fiascos at hot rod reunion. the other issue is ticketing, irwindale was packed on saturday, how do you seperate who wants to see the race but doesnt care about the old stuff and vise versa.

The guy running the starting line at Fomoso told me there is word Kevin Harvick's circle track is looking to add an 1/8 mile strip, and they are already clearing the land and old motorhomes out of the way for it. That would be awesome to get another track to offset the loss of Irwindale. He said they still need to gather all the funding though so its not 100% a done deal. Crossing my fingers

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Awesome pics!

I wanted to go but we ended up running my buddies car at Famoso Saturday instead. Will be there for sure though for the Mooneyes event in December.

I hope they can save the track, but not gonna get my hopes up

Thanks!

I’m hoping to race at Mooneyes. I missed getting a ticket before they sold out, but I have a friend saying he has an extra one.

I heard the same thing about Harvicks place.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Steve Sherman posted that there’s gonna be some kind of announcement tonight at Thursday night thunder. I’m not sure what to make of that…

 

[timstoy]

Steve Sherman posted that there’s gonna be some kind of announcement tonight at Thursday night thunder. I’m not sure what to make of that…

Any news from last night?

 

[coolchange]

As much as I can’t stand Haevich that would be great.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

Any news from last night?

They announced another race day to be held Friday after Thanksgiving.

Listen to what Allie says at 2 min mark.